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Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On the extension of the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter' by William Rutherford

Reference number: RR/2/211

Date: 1853

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers a paper in the Proceedings will be sufficient.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Reference number
RR/2/211
Earliest possible date
1853
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Samuel Hunter Christie

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Samuel Hunter Christie, Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On the extension of the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter' by William Rutherford, 1853, RR/2/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_211/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-on-a-paper-on-the-extension-of-the-value-of-the-ratio-of-the-circumference-of-a-circle-to-its-diameter-by-william-rutherford, accessed on 25 January 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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